1 ;;; options.el --- edit Options command for Emacs.
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23 (defun list-options ()
24 "Display a list of Emacs user options, with values and documentation."
27 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "*List Options*"))
29 (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*List Options*"
31 (mapatoms (function (lambda (sym)
32 (if (user-variable-p sym
)
33 (setq vars
(cons sym vars
))))))
34 (setq vars
(sort vars
'string-lessp
))
36 (let ((sym (car vars
)))
40 (prin1 (symbol-value sym
))
42 (princ (substitute-command-keys
43 (documentation-property sym
'variable-documentation
)))
45 (setq vars
(cdr vars
))))))
48 (defun edit-options ()
49 "Edit a list of Emacs user option values.
50 Selects a buffer containing such a list,
51 in which there are commands to set the option values.
52 Type \\[describe-mode] in that buffer for a list of commands."
55 (pop-to-buffer "*List Options*"))
57 (defvar Edit-options-mode-map
58 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
59 (define-key map
"s" 'Edit-options-set
)
60 (define-key map
"x" 'Edit-options-toggle
)
61 (define-key map
"1" 'Edit-options-t
)
62 (define-key map
"0" 'Edit-options-nil
)
63 (define-key map
"p" 'backward-paragraph
)
64 (define-key map
" " 'forward-paragraph
)
65 (define-key map
"n" 'forward-paragraph
)
69 ;; Edit Options mode is suitable only for specially formatted data.
70 (put 'Edit-options-mode
'mode-class
'special
)
72 (defun Edit-options-mode ()
73 "\\<Edit-options-mode-map>\
74 Major mode for editing Emacs user option settings.
76 \\[Edit-options-set] -- set variable point points at. New value read using minibuffer.
77 \\[Edit-options-toggle] -- toggle variable, t -> nil, nil -> t.
78 \\[Edit-options-t] -- set variable to t.
79 \\[Edit-options-nil] -- set variable to nil.
80 Changed values made by these commands take effect immediately.
82 Each variable description is a paragraph.
83 For convenience, the characters \\[backward-paragraph] and \\[forward-paragraph] move back and forward by paragraphs."
84 (kill-all-local-variables)
85 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
)
86 (use-local-map Edit-options-mode-map
)
87 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate
)
88 (setq paragraph-separate
"[^\^@-\^?]")
89 (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start
)
90 (setq paragraph-start
"^\t")
91 (setq truncate-lines t
)
92 (setq major-mode
'Edit-options-mode
)
93 (setq mode-name
"Options")
94 (run-hooks 'Edit-options-mode-hook
))
96 (defun Edit-options-set () (interactive)
98 '(lambda (var) (eval-minibuffer (concat "New " (symbol-name var
) ": ")))))
100 (defun Edit-options-toggle () (interactive)
101 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) (not (symbol-value var
)))))
103 (defun Edit-options-t () (interactive)
104 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) t
)))
106 (defun Edit-options-nil () (interactive)
107 (Edit-options-modify '(lambda (var) nil
)))
109 (defun Edit-options-modify (modfun)
112 (re-search-backward "^;; \\|\\`")
116 (narrow-to-region pos
(progn (end-of-line) (1- (point))))
118 (setq var
(read (current-buffer))))
123 (set var
(funcall modfun var
)))
125 (prin1 (symbol-value var
) (current-buffer)))))
127 ;;; options.el ends here